Gore Vidal
9 titles
Filmography
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Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
(2013)Featuring candid vérité footage of Vidal in his final years, the film explores his enduring global impact on art, politics, and everything in between. His overview of the current state of the Republic and the health of US democracy is unique and incisive.
Standing Army
(2010)Over the course of the last century, the US has silently encircled the world with a web of military bases unlike any other in history. No continent is spared. They have shaped the lives of millions, yet remain a mystery to most. Featuring Gore Vidal and Noam Chomsky.

Why We Fight
(2005)An exploration of U.S. foreign policy and whether the idea of military supremacy overshadows the other important issues of American life.

The Celluloid Closet
(1996)Featuring interviews with Hollywood luminaries, this film examines depictions of LGBTQ characters on the silver screen from the silent era onward.

Salinger
(2013)Literary and Hollywood royalty offer an unprecedented look inside the private world of the reclusive author of the watershed The Catcher in the Rye.
Ritual in Transfigured Time
(1946)
Gattaca
(1997)A young man assumes a false identity as a genetically perfect space navigator until a murder investigation threatens to expose his subterfuge.

With Honors
(1994)A homeless man holds a stuffy Ivy League student's misplaced graduate thesis hostage in return for room and board - one page for every day.

Norman Mailer: The American
(2012)A provocateur, a rebel, a performer and notorious anarchist, Norman Mailer never stopped giving people something to talk about. Containing never-seen-before material, this shocking documentary goes beyond the Mailer of the bookshelves and bestseller lists to reveal the social critic, filmmaker, family man and lover, giving a rare and unique insight into an intellectual man and villainous hero.